The Fort Walton Beach area was designated a Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area, opening the door for hefty federal grants.

A mother and daughter were arrested after they drew guns during a disagreement over a children’s fight at Chester Pruitt Stadium.

20 yeas ago – 1996

A woman lost control of her car and rammed into the Crestview police building, damaging desks, filing cabinets and computer equipment. Damage was estimated at $4,000.

Theories were diverse on the next boom area in Northwest Florida, but Okaloosa County Property Appraiser Pete Smith was betting on Crestview.

10 years ago – 2006

Tech. Sgt. Kenneth Goss knew that no matter how dark things got, the sun will always rise. Ten years before, Goss experienced the darkest time in his life. On June 25, 1996, 19 airmen — 12 of them from the 33rd Fighter Wing at Eglin Air Force Base — were killed in a terrorist bombing at the Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia.

Santa Rosa County sheriff’s investigators determined that the human remains found on Eglin Air Force Base’s reservation were female, according to a Sheriff’s Office news release.

5 years ago – 2011

Two people were killed June 23 after an Aero Club Beechcraft crashed on Eglin Air Force Base.

With more than 95 percent of Santa Rosa county exceeding 600 on the Florida Division of Forestry’s Keetch-Byram Drought Index, county commissioners voted to implement a ban on outdoor burning.

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